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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.09.26.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="26" heading="Limitations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>These regulations do not cover the following services:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Services available to waiver participants through programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, §110, Public Law 94-142, or Education of the Handicapped Act, §602(16) and (17);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Services which are not part of a waiver participant's plan of care as established by a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed physician;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Licensed physician's assistant or licensed nurse practitioner in accordance with applicable law; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Qualified developmental disabilities professional;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Services which are not included in Regulations .04—.08-5 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Medical day care services which are not provided in accordance with COMAR 10.09.07.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Providers are not entitled to reimbursement from the Program unless the waiver participant served by that provider is certified for medical eligibility by the Department or its designee and for financial eligibility by the Department of Human Services or its designee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Providers of services coordination services pursuant to these regulations may not be providers of any other service covered under this chapter for waiver participants.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the Program denies payment or requests repayment on the basis that an otherwise covered service was not programmatically necessary, the provider may not seek payment for that service from the recipient.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Payment may not be made for the same date of service for respite care, personal assistance, and residential habilitation services rendered to a waiver participant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Payment may not be made for the same date of service to a residential habilitation services provider, a residential option services provider, and a personal care services provider under COMAR 10.09.20 for services rendered to a waiver participant. Qualified participants shall be given the option of residential habilitation or residential option services when they are determined to need residential services and qualify for both options.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Payment may not be made for the same date of service for day habilitation services, supported employment services, and medical day care services under COMAR 10.09.07 rendered to a waiver participant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The following services shall be reimbursed only if preauthorized by DDA, or authorized by DDA after the fact in emergency situations:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Environmental modifications as covered under Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Assistive technology and adaptive equipment as covered under Regulation .08-3 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Nursing services as covered under Regulations .05 or .06 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>